Congrats!!
GREAT BIKE !!

 

Thanks for the replies, I'm going to have a blast with this bike. Any suggestions for polishing the chrome? Is windex safe to use on chrome?

 

Windex is fine but you should probably pick up a can of Eagle One Never Dull from your local auto-parts store. It's the best that I've come across as of yet for getting your scoot nice and shiny!

 

I can't think of anything else I wanna do but ride mine. Okay maybe putting some parts on that make it mine...and then riding... And detailing front to back and making sure the WWW's are bright... a labor of love and if you use a cycle jack it's not much labor and the sooner ya can go riding.
Enjoy the ride.
SC

 

OK so speaking of the white walls, how do you keep them clean and not turn yellow?

 

Congrats! Enjoy your ride!

 

The paint set on your ride is gorgeous!

 

{OK so speaking of the white walls, how do you keep them clean and not turn yellow?}

I use 409 and a green scrubber pad.if the stains are really bad you can mix a few tablespoons of bleach in the 409..works great ..some folks say to use ****-an-span...I haven't tried it though..the secret is the pad not the soap...the green scrubber pad is a 3m product...most grocery stores have them, sometimes they come with a sponge on one side and the green pad on the other...and I find if you wax he chrome it stays cleaner and is easier to clean...if for some reason you get some hard to clean spots on the chrome you can use fine(oooo) steel wool dipped in paste wax and it will come right off(the stain, not the chrome!!) and it won't scratch the chrome...don't use steel wool on anything else (ie., paint, aluminum or white walls [it turns them black]), it will scratch aluminum and paint...

 

I guess I'm a little late to the party but congratulations anyway. You should check out the "turn a classic into a classic" thread at the top of the touring forum page. There are lots of great ideas and beautiful bikes to be seen. Ride safe.

 

I've had my Classic 2 yrs so I'm sure to find other products that work as well if not better. After a long storage I took the time to jack up the bike and start with the wheels.
The first thing I looked for was "Purple Power", once at a friends house I sprayed a little on and the WWW and it literally wiped clean !!
I was amazed. HOWEVER; be careful not to get in on aluminum so I'm told or anything other than the tire.
Needless to say I couldn't find mine so I tried yet another trick I read in a post.

Magic Eraser. I just happened to have one so it was worth a shot. This was OK but I go over the WWW at least twice to be sure and the eraser disintegrated after doing the back tire.

Needing to finish the job...I went to my old standby
Westlys WW cleaner. Again one MUST BE CAREFUL...not to get it on aluminum. The instructions say spray on dry tire. Somehow I always forget that part and before I know it I have the bike hosed pretty good. Insurance for me, just in case I get a little cleaner where I shouldn't...its's now diluted.

I lightly spray cleaner on the back tire WW, at the bottom and as I rotate the tire some of the spray will run to the rim edge then around to the bottom. That edge is a little dirt trap so I'm okay with this.
Letting that sit a few min while I spray the opposite side. Then back to the first side, again a little spray at bottom and a good 'ol scrub brush (easy to hold). A light scrub as I rotate wheel and then again on opposite side. Light spray with garden hose at bottom of wheel as I rotate it flooding both sides with water.
Then a good spray all about to make sure I got it all off.

Front wheel is easier to spray.. again I keep it off the painted fender, try not to get it all over rim as well. (don't know if it will hurt chrome) Using the same method..rotate the tire and spray at the bottom. Whatever runs will ride the rims edge.

Im sure others may have more knowledge on this ritual..less caustic or harmful to paint etc. maybe green cleeners or orange? who knows ?
Hope this helps. SC